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' 2O Daniel Douglas Demorest H BY if m'lZ/m Vlg Y Ar'roRrjEYs July 28, 1959 D. D. DEMAREST BRICK PACKAGES Original Filed Aug. 24. 1954 United States Patent O BRICK PACKAGES Daniel Douglas Demarest, Port Washington, N.Y.

Original application August 24, 1954, Serial No. 451,758,

now Patent No. 2,790,546, dated iApril 30, 1957. D1- vded and this application August 23, `1956, Serial No. 605,885

1 Claim. (Cl. 20G-65) This application is a division of application Serial No. 451,758, filed August 24, 1954, now Patent No. 2,790,546, granted April 30, 1957.

This invention Arelates to brick packages.

Heretofore, preformed bricks in shipment have required expensive packages employing a heavy board platform which supports the same in order to prevent the bricks from breaking and chipping during transit. Furthermore, such packages have increased the freight weight of the bricks and added therebyY to the transportatio cost.

It is accordingly a principal object of the present invention to Vprovide an improved package for bricks employing only sheets of paper and adhesive binding tapes, effecting thereby an economy in the cost of manufacturing the package as well as an economy in transportation by reducing the weight of the package itself.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a package for bricks which may be opened on a scaiolding without having the end bricks fall out of place, and permitting the picking up of an entire row of bricks with standard brick tongs.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an improved package for bricks wherein the package and bricks may be easily raised by standard hand brick clamps currently in use.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a package for bricks wherein the bricks will all face in the same direction, an essential feature for mechanical laying.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a package for bricks wherein the bricks will be pressed together and wherein relative movement of the same will be prevented to eliminate the wearing off of high Spots on the bricks and the resulting loosening of the package.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a brick package wherein the bricks are so arranged that they form superimposed flat arches. The upper part of the arch will be placed in compression when the package is lifted. Normally when the package is lifted the lower part of the arch will separate where the arch is formed simply of bricks placed side by side. However, according to the instant invention the lower part of the arch is confined so that this separation cannot occur. Further, one of the aims of the instant invention is to provide such a package wherein the adjacent rough surfaces of adjacent bricks will interlock and prevent relative sliding of the bricks. As a result the arch becomes largely self supporting due to the confinement of the bricks in the lower portion of the arch.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a brick package which will reduce packing and transportation costs while at the same time insuring the safe transportation of the relatively fragile bricks.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a brick package bearing the above objects in mind which Patented July v28, 1959 2 is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, -is easy to assemble and efficient in achieving its intended purpose.

For other objects and a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the vaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of Va brick package embodying the features of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary exploded Vperspective view showing the package before application thereto of the binding strips and Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view Aof a' modilied form of the present invention.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, and particularly to Figure l, 'there is shown a block of bricks indicated generally at 10 and made up of the'ndividual preformed rectangular bricks 11 arranged substantially as illustrated. e In 'th'epractice of my invention, an improved package is provided for retaining the bricks in the assembled relationship during shipment Yand includes a .plurality of sheets of paper indicated generally at 12 andeach supporting thereon a layer-of the :bricks 11. Each .ofzthe sheets of paper 12 is formed from a rectangular blank having a pair of Yopposite longitudinal sides thereof folded upwardly to providel the side walls 13. The side walls 13 at the opposite ends thereof extend beyond the ends of the blank and are folded inwardly against the ends of the bricks 11 to form the end walls 14 (Fig. 2). The opposite ends of the blanks are integrally formed with the trapezoidal-shaped aps 15 which are folded upwardly against the end walls 14.

Thus, each layer of bricks 11 is supported upon the sheets of paper 12, being confined by the side walls 13 and the end walls 14 and flaps 15, in the manner illustrated.

'I'he package is completed by a plurality of longitudinally spaced binding strips 16 of reinforced pressure sensitive adhesive tape, and laterally spaced binding tapes 17 of the same material, the tapes 16 being disposed at substantially right angles to the tapes 17, in the manner shown in Figure l. It will be noted that each of the tapes 16, 17 extends across the bottom surface of the lowermost sheet of paper 12, upwardly across the side walls 13 and end walls 14, 15 and across the top surface of the uppermost layer of bricks 11.

By this arrangement, when the package is loosened, the bricks may be raised one row at a time by standard hand brick clamps with the bricks themselves facing all in one direction, an essential feature for mechanical laying. It will be noted that the bricks are pressed together, which prevents relative movement which would wear olf high spots and loosen the package. The individual layers of bricks supported on the sheets of paper 12 are pressed together at their bottoms by the paper sheets and the tapes. These bricks cannot separate at this point due to this confinement, and any tendency to separate will be resisted by the paper and the straps. The relatively rough bricks will interlock with each other and thus be prevented from sliding relative to each other so that each layer is largely self-supporting.

The paper sheets 12I will be pulled tight by suitable means, not shown, for example rubber pads or rollers.

It will be noted that the package thus provided may be raised by the usual slings or nets and that no boards are required. Thus, the package employs the principle of the dat arch, each of the arches being formed by the individual layers of the bricks and standing as long as the lower edges of the arch members are not permitted to spread. v

Referring now particularly to Fig. 3, there is shown a modified form of the present invention wherein the paper sheets 12 are replaced by modified sheets 18 formed of rectangular blanks 19 on which the bricks 11 are supported. Opposite longitudinal edges of the blanks 19 are integrally formed with the side walls 20 of increased height which now extend to the top of the bricks 11 and extend inwardly thereacross by means of the horizontal flange portions 21. The ange portions 21 will be retained in position by the layer of bricks- 11 directly thereabove, as will be obviofus. In this form of the invention, the raised side wallsv 20 and their horizontal anges 21 will provide increased stability to the package. In other respects the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3 is the same as that shown in Figs. y1 and 2. i While Yvarious changes may b e made in the detail construction, it shall be lunderstood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the presentV invention as1 defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

A brick package comprising an assembly of pre-formed bricks of predetermined size and shape, said assembly including a plurality of superimposed layers of brick, a plurality of vertically spaced supporting bodyportions each extending completely under one of said layers, and each enclosing the lower portions of one of said layers, each body portion being -formed from a substantially rectangular blank, a pair of opposite peripheral portions of each said blank being folded upwardly to form opposite side walls of the body portion, each of said op? posite side walls extending upwardly along and in abutting relationship with the adjacent bricks in the layer above the blank, a second pair of opposite peripheral portions of each said blank being folded upwardly to form opposite side walls, each of the latter walls extending upwardly along and in abutting relationship with the adjacent wall of the layer of bricks supported on said blank, each of the latter walls extending upwardly to the top of the latter layer, a ilangedrportion attached to each of the latter walls, said anged portion extending horizontally inwardly over the top of and in-contact with the upper surface of the latter layer of bricks, and a plurality of adhesive tapes passing below the" lowermost of the body portions parallel to the lower vsurface thereof, said tapes passing upwardly across the sides, ends and across the top of the package, whereby to secure said blanks and said bricks against separation relative to each vother,certain` of said. binding tapesbeing parallel to each other and disposed at substantially right angles to certain other of said binding tapes, said other of said binding ,tapes being substantially parallel to each other, each ,of said binding tapes comprising reinforced, pressure sensitive adhesive tappe. Y

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